Illustration Techniques to Unlock your Creativity
A course by user527305 surname527305 , Painter and illustrator
Joined May 2017
Create an artist’s portfolio and develop your own universe of pictorial resources
Create an artist’s portfolio and develop your own universe of pictorial resources
Joined May 2017
Taking chances, making mistakes, playing, going beyond your limits, and being free are all starting points for developing your imagination, language, and voice.
In this course, illustrator Adolfo Serra teaches you, step by step, the processes to experiment and unlock your creativity with manual techniques that will help you create a freehand illustrated sketchbook.
A sketchbook functions as a photo library (arranged by objects, animals, vegetation, characters, buildings, and any other categories the student decides on), and also as a record of pictorial resources, techniques, experiments, or processes.
This is Adolfo Serra's second course with Domestika, in which he focused on the world of children's books. In this course, he branches out to include techniques and processes for anyone who wants to illustrate by getting their hands dirty with manual processes.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 30 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (5.9K)
- 184,840 students
- 16 lessons (3h 1m)
- 30 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Following the exercises, create an artist's sketchbook where you have free rein of creative processes, research, characters, and techniques.
Not only will it serve you in your search for how to draw illustrate, but it will also work as a record or library of your evolution as an illustrator. Additionally, you can use it as a reference whenever you need it.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
For illustrators, draftsmen, designers, teachers, and lovers of art in general in search of new forms of expression, techniques, or manual tools to create illustrations.
This is a course for anyone who enjoys creating and is not afraid to get their hands dirty, including illustrators who are looking for new techniques or designers wanting to get away from the computer.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge of drawing is necessary. To complete this course, the only prerequisite is the desire to create and experiment.
You will need a mixed media sketchbook so that you can use various tools and materials: watercolor pencils, markers, nib, ink, greasy waxes, solvent, turpentine, and natural pigments such as walnut ink, caobina, and turmeric. It would also be helpful to have a small box of watercolors and brushes.
Reviews
A course by user527305 surname527305
Adolfo Serra (Teruel, 1980) studied Advertising and Public Relations at the Complutense University of Madrid, but soon turned to what has been his passion since childhood: drawing, picking up pencils and watercolors at Madrid's School of Art 10. Since then, his table has been filled with colors, papers, textures, and stories.
He likes to experiment, play, and most of all, tell stories. He considers himself an explorer of blank pages, who is constantly filling them with illustrations focused on children and young people.
His illustrations have been selected at Bologna Children's Book Fair (Italy), Bratislava Illustration Biennial (Slovakia), Sharjah Children's Book Fair (United Arab Emirates), Ibero-American Illustration Catalog (Mexico), CJ Picture Book Awards (Korea), Mostra Internazionale d'Illustrazione per l'Infanzia Sàrmede (Italy).
His textless version of Little Red Riding Hood has been published in Spain, Germany, France, and Mexico, receiving various awards. He has recently been the winner of the 19th Illustrated Album Prize "A la orilla del viento" by Fondo de Cultura Económica.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Style in art
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Educate your look
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U2
The blank paper
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The notebook
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The pictorial languages
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Draw without fear
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U3
To stain your hands
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materials
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Analysis and game. Pencils and markers
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Tricks to release the hand.
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The line. The nib - I
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The line. The nib - II
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U4
To stain your hands II
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The stain The waxes.
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Playing with waxes
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Natural pigments Nogalina. Caobina Turmeric.
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Your own world in a notebook - I
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Your own world in a notebook - II
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FP
Final project
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Illustration techniques to unlock your creativity
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
PlusIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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Watch professionally produced courses
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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PlusSo much information presented in a playful manner. Lots of ideas for projects. Excellent course.
displayname12677159
Great course, very stimulating!
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PlusThis was definitely the best course I took at Domestika. The teacher is an inspiring figure, with his temperament and his attitude of always encouraging people to draw and experiment!!!!
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PlusI really like the way Adolfo teaches and the colors and techniques utilised.
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Hello
I highly recommend this course with my eyes closed. Professor @adolfoserra is a person who has not hesitated to share his knowledge and encourage us to develop our creativity and the use of materials that are different from those we are used to.
With his explanations, he invites us to draw without worrying so much about the result, to overcome the fear of the blank page, to know our capabilities and to take them beyond what we think we can do.
Thank you
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